bnetTV.com, Inc. (www.bnettv.com), a subsidiary of Winmax Trading Group, Inc. (Winmax) (Other OTC:WNMX.PK - News), had the opportunity to be the Lead Internet Media sponsor for The Yankee Group's inaugural Mobile Internet World in Boston. The bnetTV.com on-the-ground reporting team conducted interviews with Google Senior Software Engineer, Sean Owen, who spoke to the team about optimizing mobile search. Yahoo!'s Director of Business Development, Michael Shim, announced to the bnetTV team two new products: Yahoo! oneSEARCH and Yahoo! GO. MTV's VP of Digital Distribution, Greg Clayman, spoke about how MTV is developing and delivering Mobile content. Steve Bratt, CEO of the W3 (World Wide Web) Consortium, discussed the convergence of standards between the Web and Mobile Web. Emily Green, President and CEO of the Yankee Group, the event host, addressed the overall focus of the conference.

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Make no mistake, Google dropped a bombshell all over the mobile industry today with today's Android announcement. Since the dawn of the handset we've seen little more than one proprietary device, system, and application environment after the next; when we're lucky, maybe some of those systems deigned 3rd parties worthy of developing something more than Java code for 'em. Even despite the endless promise of Linux and years of tilting towards open source cellphones has resulted in effectively nothing for mainstream wireless customers -- but all that changes today with the announcement of the first free, open, standard (and standards-based) mobile OS.

It's no surprise that Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, and RIM were absent participating in Android and the OHA; each of those power-players has built its mobile business around its own separate mobile platform: OS X, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and BlackBerry, respectively. But the cellphone company we expected to be first in line for Android and the Open Handset Alliance, the one manufacturer that is truly desperate for a powerful, pre-developed, open Linux mobile OS, is nowhere to be found. We are, of course, talking about Palm.

Let's break this down: in 2005 Google acquires startup Android (founded by Andy Rubin of Danger / Sidekick fame), and decides to spearhead a consortium of wireless companies -- handset manufacturers, carriers, chipset makers, developers, etc. -- to rally around a completely free, open, customizable mobile OS based on Linux. Why? Well, besides being possibly the biggest corporate user of Linux and open source software that we know of, the mobile space obviously holds incredible value for Google.

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Google Inc is in active talks with number-two U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless about putting Google applications on phones it offers, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

"There are good useful talks going on and they could result in a deal," one of the sources said.

So far talks between the Web search leader and Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc, revolve around technology and potential business models such as advertising-sponsored services, one of the people said.

Verizon Communications Chief Operating Officer Denny Strigl said during an investor call on Monday that the operator talks to a lot of companies including Google, but did not elaborate.

Original story from Reuters.com